The Republican boss wants to go further than the sale of gasoline at cost price, implemented for part of the fuel until the end of the year.
The head of the Republicans, Eric Ciotti, advocated on Saturday September 30 a reduction of 15 cents in gasoline taxes to support the purchasing power of the French. After the abandonment of the loss-making fuel sales project, Matignon obtained from the major distribution brands that they sell part of their fuel at cost price until the end of the year. But the deputy for Alpes-Maritimes wants to go further. He suggests, in an interview with Parisian, “a reduction in taxes, around 15 cents at the pump, which represents a cost of 5 billion euros”.
After the consensus found this week in the National Assembly between LR and the presidential camp on 15 hours a week of compulsory activities for RSA beneficiaries, Eric Ciotti’s party now has in its sights compensation for the unemployed. “Today, more than 5 million French people are registered with Pôle emploi while tens of thousands of companies are struggling to recruit in what we call sectors in tension”says the party’s number one, in this interview given on the sidelines of the LR Youth Forum which is being held this weekend in Valence (Drôme).
“We want to reduce the duration and amount of unemployment compensation to make it less attractive.”
Eric Ciotti, president of the Republicansat the Parisian
According to the right-wing parliamentarian, this measure will represent a “gain of several billion euros” for state coffers.
No motion of censure voted on budgetary texts
Qualifying as “camouflage budget” the finance bill (PLF) presented this week by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, Eric Ciotti announced that his party would disclose its counter-budget “in a few days”. On the other hand, he buries the possibility that his party will bring down the government on a financial text. “Censoring a budgetary text means that there is an alternative majority to construct another budget (and) personally, I do not see myself discussing with Mr. Mélenchon’s friends to prepare another budget”he explains.
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On the other hand, the MP for Alpes-Maritimes does not rule out a motion of censure on the immigration bill if the government keeps in its text the principle of regularization of certain undocumented workers in professions in shortage. “We will use all institutional tools of expression to oppose this suicidal regularization”he promises.